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4A baseball: Maple Mountain dumps Timpanogos

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:54:29 MDT

4A baseball: Maple Mountain dumps Timpanogos

By Ben Raskin Special to The Tribune

Updated May 21, 2013 11:54PM MDT

Kearns • Jake Mafi made a promise he wasn’t going to break. Maple Mountain’s right fielder had come up short on a ball short during the second inning Tuesday. He grabbed Golden Eagles ace Arik Mack in the dugout and told the left-handed pitcher nothing was going to get by him. And nothing did. A Timpanogos looping fly ball dared to land in play with runners on the corners in the third inning, but the sprinting Mafi made good on his promise and caught it on a dead sprint to end the inning. Mafi w...

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4A boys’ soccer: East advances to state semis despite slow start

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:02:29 MDT

4A boys’ soccer: East advances to state semis despite slow start

By Bill Oram The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 18, 2013 12:02AM MDT

Rudy Schenk looked at his players and offered one final message before he sent them out for what he hoped would not be their last game. “Remember,” he said, “the pain of last year.” Even for this year’s version of the East Leopards, who replaced 16 seniors after the 2012 team lost in a shootout to Springville in the first round of the Class 4A tournament, the idea was clear. There would be no forgetting. There were constant reminders. The Leopards once again were challenged by a lower-seeded tea...